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cushion buckwheat
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. purpureum
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.0 in. to 1.0 ft.
Spread: 1.0 ft. to 2.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous, Subshrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- May, June, July
- Flower Color
- Pink Shades, Purple Shades, White Shades
- Leaf Color
- Blue Shades, Gray Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Small Spaces, Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Flora of North America recognizes ten varieties of E. ovalifolium, all native to the western half of the U.S. Varieties ovalifolium (west slope) and purpureum (east and west slope) are both native to Colorado. They vary in the color of flower; variety ovalifolium has cream, white or yellowish flowers and variety purpureum has white, rose, or purple-colored flowers.
This is an important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.
Great for rock gardens.